diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1d902cf..4422cdb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ function convertSchema(schema, path, parent, parentPath) {
 	schema = rewriteConst(schema);
 	schema = convertDependencies(schema);
 	schema = rewriteIfThenElse(schema);
-	schema = rewriteExclusiveMinMax(schema);
+        schema = rewriteExclusiveMinMax(schema);
+        schema = convertExamples(schema);
 
 	if (typeof schema['patternProperties'] === 'object') {
 		schema = convertPatternProperties(schema);
@@ -148,6 +149,15 @@ function convertPatternProperties(schema) {
 	return schema;
 }
 
+function convertExamples(schema) {
+  if (schema['examples'] && Array.isArray(schema['examples'])) {
+    schema['example'] = schema['examples'][0];
+    delete schema['examples'];
+  }
+
+  return schema;
+}
+
 function rewriteConst(schema) {
 	if (schema.const) {
 		schema.enum = [ schema.const ];
@@ -191,4 +201,3 @@ function rewriteExclusiveMinMax(schema) {
 }
 
 module.exports = convert;
-
diff --git a/test/examples.test.js b/test/examples.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d62f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/examples.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const convert = require('../');
+const should = require('should');
+
+it('uses the first example from a schema', () => {
+  const schema = {
+    $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#',
+    examples: [
+      'foo',
+      'bar'
+    ]
+  };
+
+  const result = convert(schema);
+
+  should(result).deepEqual({
+    example: 'foo',
+  });
+});